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type: "Bill"
title: "Public social services."
description: "Existing law authorizes, in certain circumstances, a child who has been removed from their parent or guardian to be placed with a relative or nonrelative extended family member if the relative or nonrelative extended family member is either an approved resource family or has been assessed by a county social worker or a county probation agency and, among other things, the relative or nonrelative extended family member has not been convicted of a crime for which a criminal record exemption cannot be granted, has been granted a criminal record exemption, or, in certain circumstances, a criminal record exemption is pending."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 354"
citation: "California SB 354 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public social services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 40
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf18d127-db98-4724-a650-fa5b2ec6e2aa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB354"
source_hash: "5a2fc4082b6f522238d3b35a9823ff5811387810c8b3626e4b0b51619d0ed5c5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 354 (20212022) — Public social services.
Existing law authorizes, in certain circumstances, a child who has been removed from their parent or guardian to be placed with a relative or nonrelative extended family member if the relative or nonrelative extended family member is either an approved resource family or has been assessed by a county social worker or a county probation agency and, among other things, the relative or nonrelative extended family member has not been convicted of a crime for which a criminal record exemption cannot be granted, has been granted a criminal record exemption, or, in certain circumstances, a criminal record exemption is pending.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/09/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB354&version=20210SB35499INT)
2. **03/25/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB354&version=20210SB35498AMD)
3. **04/29/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB354&version=20210SB35497AMD)
4. **05/20/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB354&version=20210SB35496AMD)
5. **06/23/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB354&version=20210SB35495AMD)
6. **08/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB354&version=20210SB35494AMD)
7. **09/01/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB354&version=20210SB35493AMD)
8. **10/08/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB354&version=20210SB35491CHP)
9. **SB354** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB354)
10. **09/14/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB354&version=20210SB35492ENR)
## Votes
- SB 354 Skinner Senate Third Reading By Blanca Rubio — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB354 Skinner et al. Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Skinner — primary (person)
- Bryan — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
- **2021-02-17** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-03-09** Set for hearing March 23.
- **2021-03-23** March 23 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-03-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2021-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 685.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2021-04-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 935.) (April 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Set for hearing May 10.
- **2021-05-10** May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1188.) (May 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1281.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-03** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** June 16 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-01** Coauthors revised.
- **2021-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** August 26 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-01** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 3108.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2624.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2021-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 687, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf18d127-db98-4724-a650-fa5b2ec6e2aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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